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It still doesn't account for getting penalized for breaking a rule if there were no rules to break.

There was a rule. They colluded. Remember?

Do you know what collusion means? The rest of the league colluded to keep to an unwritten cap.

Exactly. So there was an unwritten cap the Redskins violated. The Redskins, and everyone else, were aware of this rule. The Redskins decided to ignore it, not because they were being virtuous, but to gain an advantage for themselves. Let me stress that - The Redskins and Cowboys did what they did not because they were trying to look out for the players. They did it to gain an advantage over the rest of the league. But in the end, the good guys won.

Soo... a memo was sent out telling teams "not to overspend". By no means did all the owners get together and come to a "handshake agreement."

I love the logic here though, 'hey, it hurt our rivals so violating federal law is perfectly fine.'

See. You can't point to anything that shows that 32 owners agreed to treat the year as a capped year. All you have is an alleged memo.

But what I know is actually true. And that is that what the owners ALL agreed to was not having a salary cap in the 2010 season. If they didn't want an uncapped season they shouldn't have agreed to have one that kicked in after the previous CBA ran out.

The good guys here were those abiding by the contract they signed with the players and the ones not violating federal law._________________

As long as Dan Snyder owns the team, the Redskins will not win another Super Bowl

It should have been a fine of the organization or something like you all just got levied on you. Skins and Cowboys didn't even break a written rule, the Giants just did and you got a far lesser punishment. In both cases the punishment doesn't fit the crime.

The Redskins weren't actually punished. The league simply undid the unfair advantage that the Redskins tried to gain. That's why each team lost a specific amount of cap space. A punishment would have involved a loss of draft pick and fine - like what just happened to the Giants.

They actually were punished. They had their cap plundered by small markets and large markets alike. For 2 years the 26 owners helped themselves to the Redskins and Cowboys cap. This prevented the ability to re-sign players or sign free agents. Which in turn, affected the product on the fields.

And yet even after the 26 owners got what they wanted (collusion so-as to break the players via lockout and get generous concessions from the NFLPA) the owners, led by Mara, decided to help themselves to the cap of 2 teams that did nothing that affected their ability to break the player's union.

Finally, there's literally nothing you can point to that tells me (or anyone) that what the Redskins and Cowboys did violated any actual rule in place._________________

As long as Dan Snyder owns the team, the Redskins will not win another Super Bowl

BTW guys, lets get back to current day events rather than talking about how Mara and 25 other owners took cap space from us for 2 years for not going along with their scheme to screw over the players.

Let's get back to talking about this year. We had crapped the bed lately and the Jints have an outside chance at the division.

I disagree with the example you used for Walkie Talkie gate, but it sounds like you want to move on from that talk, I have no problems with that.

I think you guys can still make the playoffs and I am cheering for you to make it. The teams that matter that are ahead of you are the Lions and Bucs. If the Giants beat the Eagles that will put pressure on Dallas to beat Detroit. From there they will either have a 10-6 record and eliminate the packers or they will have a 9-7 from losing to the Packers. As for the Bucs thinking 50/50 chance that the Saints at home or the Panthers can knock them off.

So just don't lose to the Bears, and as for the Giants if they beat the Eagles I can't see them playing their key starters the entire game for a game they don't need.

Thanks (bolded).

As for the italicized, since they lost to the Iggles, I think we'll see them play everyone.

I think the Redskins finished just short of the playoffs this year. And with our defense, that's expected._________________

As long as Dan Snyder owns the team, the Redskins will not win another Super Bowl

BTW guys, lets get back to current day events rather than talking about how Mara and 25 other owners took cap space from us for 2 years for not going along with their scheme to screw over the players.

Let's get back to talking about this year. We had crapped the bed lately and the Jints have an outside chance at the division.

I disagree with the example you used for Walkie Talkie gate, but it sounds like you want to move on from that talk, I have no problems with that.

I think you guys can still make the playoffs and I am cheering for you to make it. The teams that matter that are ahead of you are the Lions and Bucs. If the Giants beat the Eagles that will put pressure on Dallas to beat Detroit. From there they will either have a 10-6 record and eliminate the packers or they will have a 9-7 from losing to the Packers. As for the Bucs thinking 50/50 chance that the Saints at home or the Panthers can knock them off.

So just don't lose to the Bears, and as for the Giants if they beat the Eagles I can't see them playing their key starters the entire game for a game they don't need.

Thanks (bolded).

As for the italicized, since they lost to the Iggles, I think we'll see them play everyone.

I think the Redskins finished just short of the playoffs this year. And with our defense, that's expected.

I do believe that one of the four teams the Giants need to lose will lose. For both our playoffs sake I want it be the Saints beating the Bucs. For the Giants alone I have hard time believing Dallas is going to put their foot on the breaks, if they do so now that would mean three weeks of them taking it easy which could effect them for the playoffs. So I can see them beating the Lions this Monday.

Finally, there's literally nothing you can point to that tells me (or anyone) that what the Redskins and Cowboys did violated any actual rule in place.

If your boss tells you not to do something, and you do it anyway, there will be consequences regardless of whether it was put in writing.

The NFL is not the boss of the owners. The owners are the boss of the NFL. The owners are Roger Goddell's boss. Each owner is their own boss. The reason why the Redskins and Cowboys got penalized is because a majority of the other owners agreed to take the $36 mill in cap space away from the Redskins and $10 million or whatever it was from the Cowboys._________________RIP SSFmike23md

Finally, there's literally nothing you can point to that tells me (or anyone) that what the Redskins and Cowboys did violated any actual rule in place.

If your boss tells you not to do something, and you do it anyway, there will be consequences regardless of whether it was put in writing.

The NFL is not the boss of the owners. The owners are the boss of the NFL. The owners are Roger Goddell's boss. Each owner is their own boss. The reason why the Redskins and Cowboys got penalized is because a majority of the other owners agreed to take the $36 mill in cap space away from the Redskins and $10 million or whatever it was from the Cowboys.

Well, if nobody can tell you what to do and everyone treats you so unfairly you can always leave the NFL and join the CFL or Arena football league. _________________

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Gmen wrote:

Thaiphoon wrote:

Finally, there's literally nothing you can point to that tells me (or anyone) that what the Redskins and Cowboys did violated any actual rule in place.

If your boss tells you not to do something, and you do it anyway, there will be consequences regardless of whether it was put in writing.

Actually, I can personally attest that you are wrong in that assertion. I was on a project where another dev and I found a somewhat complicated but serious bug. We sketched out a design fix and went to our boss with our recommendation.

He told us to scrap it and move on.

We both left and did it anyway.

A couple of weeks later, the customer went ape when they discovered the very but we told.our boss about. So, just as the "drop everything and FIX THIS NOW!" drill is about to start, my buddy and I looked at our boss and said, "you told us to fix that three weeks ago; it's going out as part of the next release." Lied straight to his face but it worked.

So, no, there are not necessarily consequences if it isn't in writing.

Ah at least we got to watch the Giants implosion last night. Odell partied too much after the Redskins victory? LOL. Rodgers man, what can you say about that baaaaaaaaad man. Surgery in action.

I honestly think starting next year the Giants will regress , the OL is a mess, Eli is getting up there in age, they have the same issues we have with the running game.

Can't wait to see Max Kellerman and his smug little face try to explain this one.

Good to hear, given how you were wrong in your other prediction about the Giants, I feel even better about the Giants going into next season.

Yoir schedule and the Cowboys schedule will be harder than ours next year, unlike this year. That might cost you a few games like it did us this year.

So now your blaming your loses on the schedule? You honestly feel the Lions the Cardinals were better than you and that you and Bengals are equals?

As for the Giants our GM saw our defense was a mess last season, he fixed it. Now he is going to fix the offense and that starts with the offensive line. We are 30 mill under the cap now. After we cut Cruz, JT Thomas and Jenkins we will be 40 mill under the cap. The Giants are going to be far better next year.